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SUN PRAIRIE - Harland A. Weisensel, age 90, died on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Sun Prairie Health Care Center. Arrangements are pending. A full Obituary will follow in Sunday's Newspaper.

Chris McGeshick, chairman of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, drew applause from Democrats during annual address to Wisconsin legislators.

The measures come in response to Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget for 2015-'17, which would cut System funding by $300 million and move the universities under a public authority governing model.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leaders at Wisconsin's elections board says plans to make changes after a critical state audit could be hampered by cuts in Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget.

Lawyers for the city of Madison want their citations against ride-buying service Uber to be sent back to Madison Municipal Court, instead of being heard in federal court, where Uber lawyers mo…

In its ad, NARAL Pro-Choice America said Walker has pushed to restrict access to contraception and legal abortions -- a record he downplayed in 2014 during his re-election campaign against Mad…

Wisconsin-born Republican megadonor Foster Friess is turning his millions and influence to defeating ISIS.

A man charged Thursday with an arson fire that destroyed a town of Cottage Grove home where a sex offender was to live had purchased two gasoline containers about a week before the fire, and t…

Guion has agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement that will enable him to avoid jail and be placed on probation stemming from his arrest for felony marijuana and firearm possession last mon…

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush were leading other potential Republican presidential candidates, according to a poll released Thursday.

Debate expected to begin in earnest in the afternoon.

There are four candidates, including one incumbent, for the three open seats on the Sun Prairie School Board. The top two finishers will serve three-year terms, and third place winner will ser…

Madison Edgewood High School senior Mitch Snider signed a National Letter of Intent on Feb. 25 to play lacrosse for Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), an NCAA Division II school.

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Madison, WI (February 24, 2015) - Stafford Rosenbaum LLP recently announced that Denasha A. Scott has been elected to the Board of Directors and that Christopher B. Hughes has been re-elected …

It seems unlikely that any voucher school is forcing 8-year-olds into sweatshops or flogging them for chewing gum in class.

The Harmony should mass produce its walnut burger. It's everything most vegetarian burgers aren't. And it's the best thing the bar has going.

East High School senior Brianna Hanson is the student member of the Madison School Board.

Dear Dr. Hanson: I’m concerned that my 2-year-old daughter doesn’t seem to be talking as well as some of the other children in her day care classroom. Should I be concerned? When should we thi…

Stephen Curry made three straight 3-pointers in a span of 65 seconds in the fourth quarter to help Golden State beat Milwaukee 102-93